The 4Geeks Podcast (43): Amazon Invests $4 Billion in Anthropic
Amazon pours $8 billion into Anthropic, a rival to OpenAI, making AWS its primary training partner, aiming to enhance Alexa's conversational capabilities.
Amazon is significantly increasing its investment in Anthropic, a competitor to OpenAI, totaling $8 billion. This substantial investment makes AWS Anthropic's primary training partner, utilizing Amazon's specialized chips.
The partnership aims to improve Amazon's Alexa, aiming for a more conversational AI assistant, but the project has faced delays and reported issues.
This substantial financial commitment underscores Amazon's efforts to catch up in the rapidly evolving AI market.
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